{"id":7240,"date":"2017-01-30T09:45:04","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T14:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/endeavour-returning-for-fifth-season-on-itv\/"},"modified":"2017-01-30T12:38:43","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T17:38:43","slug":"endeavour-returning-for-fifth-season-on-itv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/endeavour-returning-for-fifth-season-on-itv\/","title":{"rendered":"Endeavour Returning for Fifth Season on ITV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: Mammoth Screen\u2019s detective drama <em>Endeavour<\/em> has been recommissioned for a fifth season on ITV.<\/p>\n<p>The fifth season of the <em>Inspector Morse<\/em> prequel series will be extended to run as six feature-length films. Production is scheduled to begin this spring, with broadcast slated for 2018. The new chapter will be set in 1968 and continue to be written by creator Russell Lewis.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis said: \u201cThe prospect of creating further chapters in Morse\u2019s secret history is always exciting, but expanding our quartet of investigations to a sextet gives us the opportunity to deliver a truly epic year in the life of Colin Dexter\u2019s immortal creation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Executive producer Tom Mullens added, \u201cWe\u2019re delighted that <em>Endeavour<\/em> will return next year with another set of striking stories from Russell Lewis and once again it\u2019s an honor to have Shaun Evans and Roger Allam on board, bringing Morse and Thursday exquisitely to life in the \u2018revolutionary\u2019 world of 1968.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ITV\u2019s head of drama, Polly Hill, said, \u201c<em>Endeavour<\/em> continues to be hugely popular with ITV audiences, and we\u2019re delighted to announce that it\u2019ll be returning for an extended fifth [season]. Russell Lewis\u2019s scripts are always immensely intriguing and gripping, and Mammoth Screen consistently delivers high-quality drama.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ITV Studios Global Entertainment distributes <em>Endeavour<\/em> internationally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: Mammoth Screen\u2019s detective drama Endeavour has been recommissioned for a fifth season on ITV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":7241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[366,321,368],"class_list":["post-7240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-endeavour","tag-itv","tag-mammoth-screen","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Endeavour Returning for Fifth Season on ITV - 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